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4th JulyI have been meaning to get to the Goodwood Festival of Speed Rather than get up silly early, we decided to take a more leisurely drive down on the Saturday evening. It was very last minute but, I eventually found a room in a B&B, about 8 miles from the venue. This turned out to be a rather nice litle place to stay the night and we got there in time to watch the World Cup match :-) We had a full English breakfast at 7am and were parked up in the grounds by 7.30am. Our car parking ticket rather handily gave us access via gate 4. This meant it was only as short stroll to the entrance, rather than the longer walk from some of the other car parks. Formula 1 PaddockThe first area we arrived in was the Formula 1 paddock. This was a fascinating mixture of old and new cars. Took far too many pictures to put up here. There were a lot of cars from Classic Team Lotus.
Exhibitors AreaIn the exhibitors area there were a huge number of manufacturer's stands. When we arrived here it was really quiet but it got much busier as the morning went on. In fact one ofthe biggest issues I had was the number of people and mobile phones made it near impossible to make a phone call, never mind send a tweet or three!
LotusLike me, everyone on the stand seemed to want to know why all the cars were left-hand drive?
If getting in and out of the Elise was tough, I was glad no one was watching when I got in to the Exige on the stand. It was comical! I'm sure there is a better technique than the one I employed. MorganThere is something beautiful about the curves on the Morgan Aerosports car. It's a car you can be happy just to look at. None of my photos really did it justice though :-( Sunday Times Supercar PaddockThis was one of the best areas for me, yet also one of the smallest 'zones' in the show:
Heikki Kovalainen
McLaren MP4-12C
VideosI shot a few videos on my iPhone 4: Video of some of the cars leaving the supercar paddock: Video of some of the Rally cars leaving the paddock: MotorbikesAs well as cars, there are a lot of motorbikes at the Goodwood Festival of Speed:
Hospitality SuiteOne advantage of have friends in the industry, was easy access and views to the track from within the hospitality suites (that and free drinks!). LunchOne of the highlights for us was getting to go inside Goodwood House and have lunch in the marquee behind the house. The food was a three-course meal with wine and was really very good. We also had access to the balcony, which over looks the track in front of the house ...
SummaryOur journey back was as easy as our trip down. The hardest part was finding our way out of the car park now that so many cars had joined us. All in all, this was one of the best motorsport events I've ever been to. Well worth the 300+ mile round trip. The atmosphere was amazing and the diversity of cars truly awesome. No where else can you get to see such a dazzling array of exotica and get close enough to touch it and peer through the windows. The whole event is all the better for being full of enthusiasts at every level, from F1 drivers to guys that just want to share their cars with the public. I'll be back next year. The only marque that seemed under represented was Aston Martin in my view. I can but dream, but I thought my Fisher Fury R1 would have looked and sounded the business screaming up the track, bouncing off the limiter at 11,750rpm. I'm just waiting for the invite from Lord March himself. Perhaps if I offer to sort out his mobile network and Wi-Fi coverage problems? :-) PS. The above is a small sample of photographs and videos. In total we took nearly 600! 11th JulyF1 at Silverstone today. Team Lotus seem to be improving a lot and are not far off the leader's pace now. There are quite a few interesting people and accounts on Twitter worth following: Any others? |
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